Inspiring photography showcases MSF’s work at new Oxo Gallery exhibition

30 October 2025- A new exhibition highlighting the resilience of patients at the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reconstructive surgery hospital in Jordan, has opened at London’s Oxo Gallery. 

Partnering with the Egyptian photographer Rehab Eldalil and the international festival of photography, Cortona On The Move, MSF has brought From the Ashes, I Rose, a free weeklong show to the Southbank. 

The Amman hospital provides specialised rehabilitative care to war-wounded patients from across the Middle East, including medically evacuated children from Gaza. Since 2006, the facility has been offering surgery, physiotherapy, mental health support, and prosthetic fittings. 

This participatory, multidisciplinary exhibition confronts the devastating effects of warfare on civilians in the region. ​ 

Yet instead of focusing on the patients’ suffering, Rehab has worked with them to reinterpret their experiences as profound acts of resilience and resistance. ​ 

Speaking at the exhibition’s opening, MSF UK's Executive Director Dr Natalie Roberts said, “The Reconstructive Surgery Programme (RSP) in Amman was established by MSF in 2006 to provide surgical, rehabilitative and psychological care for victims of the Iraq war. Soon after, the hospital opened its doors to treat war-wounded patients from the across the region, including Syria, Yemen, and Palestine. ​ 

As we prepare to mark the twentieth anniversary of the hospital’s founding, these images capture the patients’ determination, and the dedication of our staff. Rehab’s photographs show these men, women and children’s extraordinary perseverance and fortitude with great dignity. Their association with the hospital demonstrates that with the right level of support even individuals with the most devastating injuries can begin to reconstruct their own lives, and that medical humanitarian assistance can, and should, go beyond the purely lifesaving.” 

Rehab added that she has received a positive response to her show in London, “From the Ashes, I Rose is an opportunity for the local community in the UK and MSF supporters to engage in dialogue with the brave and inspirational patients of the reconstructive hospital in Amman. The exhibition counters the many dehumanising narratives of civilians impacted by war and violence. It celebrates the individuality and resilience of the patients beyond their injuries and trauma. I'm deeply honoured to be invited here and very humbled by the great turnout.” 

A complementary photographic exhibition depicting MSF's lifesaving medical work around the world is being held alongside Rehab’s project. 

The shows run from Wednesday 29 October to Sunday 02 November 2025 at the Oxo Gallery, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House St, Southbank, London SE1 9PH, 11am–6pm daily. 

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